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THEATRE PUGET SOUND presents vibrant line-up for 5th annual bumbershoot showcase

SEATTLE – Theatre Puget Sound is proud to announce the 2007 line-up for the Bumbershoot annual regional theatre sampler, specially curated to deliver 3 days of raw, hilarious, adventurous and intelligent theatre.

The lineup for the Theatre Puget Sound stage includes:
	Balagan Theatre	"Space"
	Mark Boeker	"Hell Songs from the Floating World "
	Jerk Alert Productions	"Hogwash, An Improvised Tall Tale "
	K. Brian Neel	"Vaud Rats "
	Wing-It Productions	"The Irish Wake "
The location of the Theatre Puget Sound Stage is on the 1st floor of the Seattle Center House in the Center House Theatre.

Bumbershoot will transform the 74 acre Seattle Center into more than 20 stages and exhibit spaces and present the talents and labors of over 2,500 artists for four days: September 3-6.

Along with hundreds of national and regional musicians of almost every genre, Bumbershoot offers a wide variety of arts and artists, including the 1 Reel Film Festival which screens over 120 short films throughout the weekend, a first-class comedy festival, an uproarious poetry slam, a dozen contemporary art exhibits, zine-making workshops, kids programming, circus artists, hiphop dance and much more.

Tickets to Bumbershoot, which include admission to all Bumbershoot programs on a firstcome, first-served basis, are just $30 per day if purchased before August 17 ($35 per day after 8/17). 3-Day passes are $75 ($95 after 8/17). Gold and Platnum Passes are also available.

Discounted tickets & passes are on sale now online at www.bumbershoot.org.

Theatre Puget Sound Stage Schedule & Description

S A T U R D A Y, s e p t e m b e r  1

The Irish Wake
Wing-It Productions
Appropriate for Ages 14+

Saturday, September 1 @ 3 -4:15 pm

A washed up Vaudevillian is reduced to singing his life story to the vermin in an abandoned warehouse. “Tour-de-force” Ukulele Operetta – a blacklisted Vaudevillian falls head over heals for a midget sidekick in a strong-man routine. Neel’s award-winning theater has been performed across North America, Australia, Edinburgh, Singapore.

 

 

 

 

 

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Space
Balagan Theatre
Appropriate for Ages 14+

Saturday, September 1 @ 5:00 - 5:40 pm

In a world where the idea of "community" is nothing more than a distant memory, and "home" is the cold loneliness of the far reaching galaxies, a lone pirate is taken hostage by the captain of a mysteriously deserted space
ship. As the two women struggle with their seemingly accidental connection, their wits clash and we discover that loneliness may be more powerful and
vast than space itself. Local playwright Glynis Mitchell brings us this original science fiction thriller, produced by Balagan Theatre . Balagan was named a finalist in the NWSource Peoples Pick awards of 2007, and has received two Footlight Awards from the Seattle Times, including "Theater On
the Rise." Their past productions have been named Critics' Picks, Best Bets,
and Theatrical Highlights by the Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I.

 

 

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Hell Songs from the Floating World
Mark Boeker
Appropriate for Ages 18+

Saturday, September 1 @ 6:15 - 7:05 pm

A sensitive zombie, friendly ghost, underground survivor of an alien invasion and a corpse awaiting judgment are just half the characters featured in this apocalyptic, existential, death-mask comedy.

Hell Songs is Mark Boeker’s third original one-man show after Another Jackass Tries a One-Man Show and the critically acclaimed Unhinged and Low Flying. It was featured in last year’s Northwest New Works Festival at On the Boards and recently at Seattle’s 1st Solo Performance Festival at Theatre Off Jackson.

 

S U N D A Y, S E P T E M B E R  2

Hogwash, An Improvised Tall Tale
Jerk Alert Productions
Appropriate for ALL Ages, specifically 3 – 12!

Sunday, September 2 @ 2 - 3 pm

Founded in Chicago and now based in Seattle and Chicago, Jerk Alert presents a show for children of all ages with Hogwash, An Improvised Tall Tale. Hogwash is an interactive education theater experience that integrates art, music and drama into an improvised story fueled by the imaginations of our audience. Actors create a spontaneous universe of magical characters, strange animals, and their adventures through daily life embellished by props created on the spot. Kids and adults enjoy taking the plunge into our vivid world of animals, monsters, heroes, and villains!

 

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Hell Songs from the Floating World
Mark Boeker
Appropriate for Ages 18+

Sunday, September 2 @ 3:30 - 4:20 pm

A sensitive zombie, friendly ghost, underground survivor of an alien invasion and a corpse awaiting judgment are just half the characters featured in this apocalyptic, existential, death-mask comedy.

Hell Songs is Mark Boeker’s third original one-man show after Another Jackass Tries a One-Man Show and the critically acclaimed Unhinged and Low Flying. It was featured in last year’s Northwest New Works Festival at On the Boards and recently at Seattle’s 1st Solo Performance Festival at Theatre Off Jackson.

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Space
Balagan Theatre
Appropriate for Ages 14+

Sunday, September 2 @ 4:45 - 5:25 pm

In a world where the idea of "community" is nothing more than a distant memory, and "home" is the cold loneliness of the far reaching galaxies, a lone pirate is taken hostage by the captain of a mysteriously deserted space ship. As the two women struggle with their seemingly accidental connection, their wits clash and we discover that loneliness may be more powerful and vast than space itself. Local playwright Glynis Mitchell brings us this original science fiction thriller, produced by Balagan Theatre . Balagan was named a finalist in the NWSource Peoples Pick awards of 2007, and has received two Footlight Awards from the Seattle Times, including "Theater On the Rise." Their past productions have been named Critics' Picks, Best Bets, and Theatrical Highlights by the Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I.

 

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VAUD RATS
K. Brian Neel
Appropriate for Ages 14+

Sunday, September 2 @ 6 - 7:20 pm

“Cool, quirky, kinda dark.” – Washington City Paper

“Neels’s onto something.” – Washington Post

“IT ROCKED!” – National Public Radio

A washed up Vaudevillian is reduced to singing his life story to the vermin in an abandoned warehouse. “Tour-de-force” Ukulele Operetta – a blacklisted Vaudevillian falls head over heals for a midget sidekick in a strong-man routine. Neel’s award-winning theater has been performed across North America, Australia, Edinburgh, Singapore.

 

 

 

 

 

M O N D A Y, S E P T E M B E R  3

Hogwash, An Improvised Tall Tale
Jerk Alert Productions
Appropriate for ALL Ages, specifically 3 – 12!

Monday, September 3 @ 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Founded in Chicago and now based in Seattle and Chicago, Jerk Alert presents a show for children of all ages with Hogwash, An Improvised Tall Tale. Hogwash is an interactive education theater experience that integrates art, music and drama into an improvised story fueled by the imaginations of our audience. Actors create a spontaneous universe of magical characters, strange animals, and their adventures through daily life embellished by props created on the spot. Kids and adults enjoy taking the plunge into our vivid world of animals, monsters, heroes, and villains!

 

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VAUD RATS
K. Brian Neel
Appropriate for Ages 14+

Monday, September 3 @ 6 - 7:20 pm

“Cool, quirky, kinda dark.” – Washington City Paper

“Neels’s onto something.” – Washington Post

“IT ROCKED!” – National Public Radio

A washed up Vaudevillian is reduced to singing his life story to the vermin in an abandoned warehouse. “Tour-de-force” Ukulele Operetta – a blacklisted Vaudevillian falls head over heals for a midget sidekick in a strong-man routine. Neel’s award-winning theater has been performed across North America, Australia, Edinburgh, Singapore.

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The Irish Wake
Wing-It Productions
Appropriate for Ages 14+

Monday, September 3 @ 6 - 7:15 pm

A washed up Vaudevillian is reduced to singing his life story to the vermin in an abandoned warehouse. “Tour-de-force” Ukulele Operetta – a blacklisted Vaudevillian falls head over heals for a midget sidekick in a strong-man routine. Neel’s award-winning theater has been performed across North America, Australia, Edinburgh, Singapore.